Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4595 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #935 / 1121
  • Number of attempts: 3
Yo To Hello - 1154 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #226 / 535
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3426 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 8
Add semicolons - 10943 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #2075 / 3093
  • Number of attempts: 10
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3645 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #445 / 1182
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7998 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #782 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 9
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3115 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3716 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #3834 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 2
Christian Mösl
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CS Student @ University of Salzburg Student Intern @ Purdue University

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